The Essential Leviathan: A Modernized Edition

This edition of Leviathan is intended to provide the reader with a modestly abridged text that is straightforward and accessible, while preserving Hobbes' main lines of argument and of thought. It is meant for those who wish to focus primarily on the philosophical aspects of the work, apart from its stylish but often daunting early modern prose.

The editors have updated language, style, punctuation, and grammar throughout. Very long, complicated sentences have been broken into two or more s...